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NH 44851 Rear Admiral Charles Stillman Sperry, USN

Photo #: NH 44851  Rear Admiral Charles Stillman Sperry, USN
Title: Rear Admiral Charles Stillman Sperry, USN
Description: Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Portrait photograph, taken at Tokyo by Mitsukoshi & Co. in October 1908, during the Great White Fleet's visit to Japan. The original print and its mount are autographed by RAdm. Sperry, who added the inscription: In token of my regard for the Gunnery Officers of the Atlantic Fleet. The Fleet which gets in an effective salvo thirty seconds ahead will have an enormous advantage. See Photo # NH 44851-A for a version of this image that has been cropped to show only the portrait of RAdm. Sperry. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 44851
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